Genovese Crime Family

Summary

The Genovese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime in New York City. According to the World Crime Syndicate documentation, the House of Savoy are the primary owners of the Genovese crime family.

Royal Ownership

House of Savoy

• Prince Vittorio Emanuele IV of Savoy (Prince of Naples) - Top owner
• Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta (Duke of Aosta) - Owner
• Prince Carlo Massimo (through Savoy-Genovese ancestry)

Origins

Vito Genovese

• Primary founder of the Genovese crime family
• Born November 27, 1897 in Risigliano, near Naples, Italy
• Italian-American mobster who rose to power during Prohibition
• Long-time associate of Charles Luciano
• Led Luciano's crime family, later renamed Genovese by authorities

The name "Genovese" means someone from Genoa, Italy. The Savoys established a nobility in Genova and ruled in connecting regions of modern France, Switzerland, Monaco, and north western Italy.

Criminal Operations

Wall Street Operations

• Threaten, extort, and infiltrate stock brokers for inside information
• Use deals for international trading
• Infiltrate and extort Wall Street

Factions and Crews

Greenwich Village Crew

• Runs Manhattan criminal operations
• Originally controlled by Don Vito Genovese (1920s-1950s)
• Later controlled by Vincent Gigante
• Covert boss: Andrew Gigante

Bronx Faction

• Head: Liborio Bellomo (loyal to Prince Stefano Massimo and Prince Carlo Massimo)

Springfield Crew (Massachusetts)

• Partly managed by Genoveses
• High level enforcer: Richard Valentini

Key Members

Leadership

• Andrew Gigante - Covert boss of Greenwich Crew, operates from New Jersey
• Vincent Esposito - High level member
• Philip Gigante - Mayor of Airmont, New York, Genovese made man (grandson of Vincent Gigante)
• Philip Andrew Genovese - Top overseer (grandson of Vito Genovese)

White Collar Members

• Frederic Salerno - Board Director for Intercontinental Exchange (owns NYSE), agent of Cosa Nostra
• Works with billionaire Mario Gabelli at Associated Capital Group

Street Level

• Sal Zarzana - Soldier, former head of Local 926 United Brotherhood of Carpenters
• Conrad Ianniello - Capo
• James Bernardone - Soldier

Criminal Activities

• Racketeering conspiracy
• Extortion
• Illegal gambling
• Union embezzlement
• Obstruction of justice
• Insider trading
• Corporate rackets

Financial Connections

Frederic Salerno

• Director of Intercontinental Exchange (owns New York Stock Exchange)
• Involved in insider trading and corporate rackets
• White collar member of Genovese crime family

Mario Gabelli

• Billionaire, Jesuit educated at Fordham
• Board member for Jesuit Boston College
• Owns GAMCO investment firm (uses pyramid as logo)
• Paid $130 million civil lawsuit for creating fake companies for FCC cellphone licenses

Entertainment Industry Connections

Joe Genovese (Rapper)

• High level member of Genovese and Lucchese crime families
• Real name Genovese, related to drug store chain family
• First Italian-American hip-hop artist to sign major record label (Universal Records)
• Associated with Styles P and LOX/D-Block

Jay Z

• Crime boss in New York
• Criminal associate of Genoveses
• Involved with money laundering, criminal financing, drug trafficking
• Boss of Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Chicago gang)

Camorra Connection

The Genoveses have connections to Camorra (Neapolitan mafia). Prince Vittorio Emanuele IV is Prince of Naples, and Don Vito Genovese was from near Naples.

Regional Operations

• New York City (Manhattan, Greenwich Village, Bronx)
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts (Springfield)
• Airmont, New York

Allied Organizations

• Venetian Mafia
• Lucchese crime family
• Russian Mafia (through Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta)
• Greek Mafia (Velentzas family)
• Apulian Mafia (Sacra Corona Unita)